What Is Happening At The Oroville (CA) Dam?
OTHER RELEVANT READINGS AND INFORMATION Read about the Events at the Oroville Dam at this Link Read about the importance of the Oroville Dam to California at this Link In 2005, State Regulators Declared Oroville Spillway Stable and Safe
More Photographs of the Spillway Damage The Politics of Oroville Dam and Its Spillway The Conditions At Oroville on Sunday, February 19, 2017 If Oroville Dam Should Fail, What Would Happen To Residents Below Dam?
2013 REPORT CARD FOR Dams again earned a grade of D. The average age of the 84,000 dams in the country is 52 years old. The nation's dams are aging and the number of high-hazard dams is on the rise. Many of these dams were built as low-hazard dams protecting undeveloped agricultural land. However, with an increasing population and greater development below dams, the overall number of high-hazard dams continues to increase, to nearly 14,000 in 2012. The number of deficient dams is currently more than 4,000. The Association of State Dam Safety Officials estimates that it will require an investment of $21 billion to repair these aging, yet critical, high-hazard dams.
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